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International games are money bringers but I personally hate them. Can't believe the goal is for every team to have 1 international game per year. I get it, but the forced global reach is straining. I think it would be much cooler if they focused on enriching the existing fanbases--- have 1 game as a "home away from home" game. I.E. - Falcons in Athens, Packers at Camp Randall, Panthers at Kidd Brewer, etc.

Willis is terrible. Absolutely terrible. They're better off with pretty much any other QB. If it's a 4-6 weeker (best case scenario), they absolutely grab someone else. If it's a season ender, they still should. He has no awareness to even use his speed effectively, no feel for the QB position. If they even get to one game with him, I think it will be so bad they will have to change for the betterment of the locker room.

People seriously wanted to consider Willis in round 1 lol Unless there was some magical medical avoidance, Love is done for the year. Packers season is over.

I'm not bullish on Tremble for 2024, but it's a mischaracterization to say he's one of the bad apples here. He's very much a Trey Burton-esque dude. Anyhoo, here's to hoping we landed something in Sanders. I said before, I'll say again, I see a better blocking Evan Engram when I watch him.

I wouldn't lump him in with the bad...he's actually been pretty solid. He's done well when asked to make things happen. He's been on pretty awful teams and isn't probably a TE1, but he's pretty solid in many respects. Some great TDs on limited snaps and targets.

Agree. I'm a huge fan and think we found ourselves a dude with this pick. Gut feeling, but from what I've seen, he instantly looked NFL ready.

https://x.com/josephperson/status/1832108853544325607?t=XySrwDY-DGKq19-q16Y2OA&s=19 If he looks good, I imagine he could stick moving forward. Looks like it's Sanders in 11, Sanders-Matthews in 12 personnel. And I mean, he looked good in preseason. Passed the eye test. Don't forget, he produced super well in a loaded receiving room with Worthy, AD Mitchell, & Wittingham. Exciting to see; this is the opposite of what we're used to with a rookie being given a big shot from the onset.

Honestly if he gets a mysterious injury and gets IR’d, it would be an addition by subtraction scenario for this year.

You know he’s gone as soon as it makes sense cap wise. 13th highest paid RB in the league and they barely pretend he’s even on the team at times.

Redraft: Diontae and Hubbard are good bets based on anticipated touches. That’s it for us. Don’t like Bryce as a QB2 or any of the other WRs. Dynasty: -Brooks and Sanders are good buys. Sanders is a solid taxi squad stash. -Mingo and Legette are tossups in dynasty, wouldn’t take in redraft. -IDP, no DLs, Jewell is a sleeper at LB and Fuller at S.

No doubt I want more from him, but this is more in line where I expect things to be. If he keeps the mistakes low and efficiency high, he should get a stat line more in line with your expectations in a Canales’ system… much like Baker had.

Such a bad draft that their top 3 picks have since come and gone through the worst team in the league.

Added the name to the title bc all I saw was twitter links and nada. Juan you’re making this way harder than it needs to be.

Let's hear em' Week 1: Dare I say, a win? I say, the defense surprises with 3+ sacks and 2 TOs. Hubbard looks good, run game drives the offense to a 17-13 win. Bryce is unremarkable but mistake free. Season: 6-11 A reworked roster looks much better than 2023's mess. Still near the league bottom in some respects, but I think this defense is much better in the trenches than people anticipate. Top-12 run-defense, top-15 run-offense. Passing defense is around 20ish, Passing-o is still mid to late 20s. Just not 30-32 Jatavion Sanders is the rookie stud for us. Jonathan Brooks comes along in the second half as well. Those two account for 1500 total yards. The Longhorn duo clicks. Thielen has a quieter season than people think with more of the young guys being folded in after week ~8ish. More specific stat predictions: Defense- Both Jewell & Jordan Fuller have themselves years and become fan faves. They're gonna be the ones communicating on d pre-snap. They're effective and good at what they do. Trevin Wallace shows up filling in at times The Pass Rush indeed doesn't fair well, but Derrick Brown gets himself more sacks than we're used to seeing (5+). Leota is who emerges as a decent option for us (5+ sacks). Clowney (7+) but not a ton elsewhere. Horn plays 15+ games Offense- Bryce: 18 Pass TDs, 14 INTs, 3600 yards, 6.4 YPA (up from his historic low 5.5 to just standard low) In other words, decent enough to confuse and keep the debate as annoying as ever for 2025 Hubbard: 900+ rushing yards, 10 TDs - fantasy sleeper folks Brooks: 750+ rushing, 250+ receiving Sanders: 500+ receiving Diontae - Just ticks over 1,000. Not a ton of TDs, but 95+ receptions -- Y'all can me more concise, but let's throw some stuff out and see who lands.

I’m making some light bets against the Panthers this year. Win money if we still suck, feel good about a team for once if they prove me otherwise

Yeah autocorrect. Penn State had a terrible offense last year so I’m interested to see how Allar is with new wings. His arm is a beaut. This will be my third CFS following Ward so am high on him, but he may top out as a top-10ish pick. He’s probably not passing Beck or Allan unless he has some Daniels type year.

Allan and Beck looked great

*Updated to reflect bringing J Matthews back & Crumedy going on IR/Return

I’d agree there. Hill is a solid NB as well who can play outside if need be. That would likely be the case if we didn’t trade for the second Jackson and then Chau would’ve been folded in a bit sooner than expected at Nickel. Problem being those packages are probably 60% of our snaps so it would’ve been a big role for a 5th rounder to be thrust into. By doing what we did, 2 Jacksons can be outside if Horn goes down (once Dane is back) and Hill stays put. No musical chairs if a secondary starter goes down.

Thx - yup correct

Yep we’ll see who sticks after the first few weeks on defense. The DB unit will be a bit fluid behind our starters but think we’re pretty set for Base, Nickel and Subpackages OLB is the thinnest. DJJ’s development will be key this year

Stealing SpecialPersons thunder...here's the roster (bold=starter): Quarterbacks (2) 9 Bryce Young 14 Andy Dalton Running backs (3) 30 Chuba Hubbard 6 Miles Sanders 3 Raheem Blackshear *Reserve: Jonathan Brooks RB (Week 5 return eligible) Wide receivers (5) 5 Diontae Johnson 19 Adam Thielen 15 Jonathan Mingo 17 Xavier Legette 83 David Moore Tight ends (4) *I’m unsure who our guys are in 11 and 12 personnel. But I do think Sanders is for sure getting looks in 12. Imagine all 3 are getting snaps with different sets. Bolding the young dude. 85 Ja'Tavion Sanders 82 Tommy Tremble 81 Jordan Matthews 80 Ian Thomas Offensive linemen (10) 79 Ikem Ekwonu LT 68 Damien Lewis LG 63 Austin Corbett C 50 Robert Hunt RG 72 Taylor Moton RT 70 Brady Christensen G/T 77 Yosh Nijman T/G 60 Andrew Raym C/G 62 Chandler Zavala G -- Jarrett Kingston G (waiver) Defensive linemen (6) 95 Derrick Brown DE 99 Shy Tuttle DT 94 A'Shawn Robinson DE 93 LaBryan Ray DE 91 Nick Thurman DT *Have 96 Jaden Crumedy DE on IR Linebackers (9) 7 Jadeveon Clowney OLB 54 Shaq Thompson ILB 47 Josey Jewell ILB 52 D. J. Johnson OLB (Current guess for base 3-4) 56 Trevin Wallace ILB 46 Eku Leota OLB 45 K'Lavon Chaisson OLB 53 Claudin Cherelus ILB -- Jon Rhattigan LB (waiver) -- Jamie Sheriff OLB (waiver) *98 DJ Wonnum return eligible on IR Defensive backs (11) 20 Jordan Fuller SS 25 Xavier Woods FS 8 Jaycee Horn CB 28 Mike Jackson CB (trade) 13 Troy Hill NB 21 Nick Scott SS 26 Chau Smith-Wade DB (Backup nickel/Snaps in Dime/6DB looks) 22 Jammie Robinson DB -- Keenan Isaac DB (waiver) -- Tariq Castro-Fields CB (waiver) -- Shemar Bartholomew CB (waiver) *Notes: Lonnie Johnson Jr. DB likely elevated for Week 1, Dane Jackson CB and Sam Franklin S/ST designated return IR. This will be refined over time. Special teams (3) 10 Johnny Hekker P 44 J. J. Jansen LS 4 Eddy Piñeiro K

So the D we'll see out there most will likely have: 2 High: Woods & Fuller OCB: Horn OCB: Jackson NB: Hill In 6 DB sets, I imagine we'll see Smith-Wade (or maybe Scott). Backups being Scott, Robinson and the new waiver pickups until Dane is healthy.

Projected Update: Quarterbacks (2) 14 Andy Dalton 9 Bryce Young Running backs (3) 3 Raheem Blackshear 30 Chuba Hubbard 6 Miles Sanders Wide receivers (5) 5 Diontae Johnson 19 Adam Thielen 15 Jonathan Mingo 17 Xavier Legette 83 David Moore Tight ends (3) 85 Ja'Tavion Sanders 80 Ian Thomas 82 Tommy Tremble Offensive linemen (10) 63 Austin Corbett C 79 Ikem Ekwonu T 50 Robert Hunt G 68 Damien Lewis G 72 Taylor Moton T 70 Brady Christensen G 77 Yosh Nijman T 60 Andrew Raym C 62 Chandler Zavala G -- Jarrett Kingston G (waiver) Defensive linemen (7) 95 Derrick Brown DE 94 A'Shawn Robinson DE 99 Shy Tuttle DT 96 Jaden Crumedy DE 93 LaBryan Ray DE 91 Nick Thurman DT -- Jamie Sheriff DE (waiver) Linebackers (9) 7 Jadeveon Clowney OLB 54 Shaq Thompson ILB 56 Trevin Wallace ILB 47 Josey Jewell ILB 52 D. J. Johnson OLB 46 Eku Leota OLB 45 K'Lavon Chaisson OLB 53 Claudin Cherelus ILB -- Jon Rhattigan LB (waiver) Defensive backs (11) 20 Jordan Fuller SS 25 Xavier Woods FS 8 Jaycee Horn CB 28 Mike Jackson CB (trade) 13 Troy Hill CB 21 Nick Scott SS 26 Chau Smith-Wade CB 22 Jammie Robinson FS -- Keenan Isaac DB (waiver) -- Tariq Castro-Fields CB (waiver) -- Shemar Bartholomew CB (waiver) Special teams (3) 10 Johnny Hekker P 44 J. J. Jansen LS 4 Eddy Piñeiro K

Outside of the enigma that is Ian Thomas, David Moore being here as a vet who has come and gone before is the only other spot that seems a bit uninspiring. But realistically, our WR5 isn’t getting substantial production anyways.